Journal-box



J. P. KELLY. JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1920.

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JOURNAL BOX. APPLlCAfION FILED JUNE 19. 1920.

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JOURNAL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May-31, 1921.

Application filed June 19, 1920. Serial No. 390,157.

means for retaining the bearing brass se-' curelyin place in the journal box.

A further object is theproduction of a .,,journal box having a pocket or socket for p the reception of alug on a bearing brass, and

the production of retaining means, in the nature of a key which passes through the 1 pocket and through the lug on the bearing brass for effectively sustaining the bearing brass against movement in the journal box, regardless of the vibration or jar to which the brass is subjecte Itis a further object to produce a journal box in which the bearing brass, while removably associated therewith, is so sustained therein that movement of the said brass in any direction with respect to the box will be positively prevented.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood reference being had to the drawings in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a journal box and brass secured therein in accordance with this invention, the cover for the box being removed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view approxlmately on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the brass.

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view with the brass and the retaining key therefor removed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brass.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the locking ke The journal box, 1, as disclosed by the drawings has an exterior appearance similar to that of the ordinary journal box, and the interior thereof is also similar, except that the bearing portion or chill is cast with the box, at, of course, the top thereof. This materially reinforces the top portion of the box, and this portion of the box is most susceptible to strain and breakage.

The chill 2 has its opposed Walls ar ranged at opposite outward angles, as at 3,

and terminating in straight surfac'es 4. The straight lower walls 4 of the sides 3 are approximately centrally formed with down: turned lugs 5.

The channeled bearing member or chill has its top wall approximately centrally notched to provide a substantially rectangular pocket 6. The top of the journal box proper has a central longitudinal passage 7 that passes longitudinally through the opposed walls of the pocket 6, and the upper wall provided by the said to the outer end of the box has a transverse openingstherethrough which communicates with the top of the box. The bearing brass is broadly indicated by the numeral has its body portion of a cross sectional contour corresponding to that of the bearing member or chill of the box so that the bearing brass may be snugly received in the passage thereof. The bearing brass has its ends flanged, as at 10, to contact with the opposite ends of the bearing member or chill. The bearing brass has its sides provided with outwardly extending flanges 11 which are centrally notched, as at 12, and the notches 12 are designed to receive therethrough the lugs 5.

The bearing brass 9, on the top thereof is formed with a substantially rectangular lug or enlargement 13 that has a substantially rectangular slot or passage 14 therethrough that is designed to aline with the passage 7. The lug 13 snugly hugs the walls of the pocket 6, and the angle sides 15 of the bearing brass snugly engage with the angle side walls 3 of the chill or hearing member of the journal box, the flanges 1O resting snugly against the lower walls of the sides 3, and the flat top of the said bearing brass snugly engages with the upper straight wall of the bearing member or chill 2.

The end flanges of the brass, of course, snugly contact with the ends of the bearing member or chill 2, and when the hearing brass is arranged in the journal box, there is passed through the passage 7 and the opening or passage 14 of the lug 13, the substantially rectangular shank of a key 16.

passage, adj acent The key has on its outer end a downturned portion or lip 17, and inward of its said lip is provided with an opening. Through this opening, and through the opening 8 in the journal box there is passed a retaining element which is preferably in the nature of a cotter pin 19. The legs of the cotter pin are bent away from each other over the top of the journal box 1.

With a construction, combination and arrangement of parts as above described, it Will be noted that the bearing brass is securely retained in proper position in the journal box and'is positively held against movement regardless of the vibration to which either the bearing brass or the journal box is subjected. Thus the life of the bearing brass is greatly prolonged, and it is believed that the other points of superiority of the improvement will be fully understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Having thus described'the invention, what I claim, is

1. In combination, a journal box having a bearing surface integral with the top thereof for a bearing brass, said surface including opposed angular walls that are centrally provided with depending lugs, and the top of the surface between the walls having a rectangular pocket, the brass having side flanges which are notched to receive the lugs, and'a'lug formed on the top thereof to be received in the pocket, and a removable key entering the pocket and passing through the lug of the bearing brass for retaining the bearing brass against movement in the journal box.

2. A journal box and a bearing brass therefor, said journal box having its top integrally formed with a bearing surface for the bearing brass, said surface including an upper straight portion, angle depend-.

ing sides therefor, and lugs centrally dependmg from the sides, the top of the said surface having a rectangular opening providing a pocket, the bearing box having a longitudinal passage entering said pocket, a bearing brass having its lower edges flanged and the said flanges notched to engage with the mentioned lugs, flanges on the ends of the bearing brass tocontact with the ends of the bearing member in the our- JOSEPH P. KELLY. 

